Re: [PHP4BETA] pre-beta3

At 04:39 AM 26/10/99 +0200, you wrote: >Following the pre-beta3 release for Windows, wouldn't it be useful >to have a similar package for UNIX (or more precisely, a ".tar.gz" >package of the SOURCE)? Such a snapshot, of course AFTER applying >the autoconf and all the other required builds, may add many other >users and testers to the process, and help the development to find >more bugs and/or problems. Even users who are familiar with CVS and >autoconf etc., sometimes are afraid of loading a broken mid-version >and a snapshot which is done in a "good" time may encourage them. >It is also common with many Open-Source projects, including Apache >( http://dev.apache.org/from-cvs/apache-1.3/ ). Of course, >contrary >to some of these projects, I don't mean an auto snapshot generation >but choosing a time when the CVS version is not too unstable (more >or less), and building a .tar.gz file ready for configure and make. I think this is already being done.